“And in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they shall be called children of the living God.”
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?
I will say to the north, “Give them up,” and to the south, “Do not withhold; bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the end of the earth—
I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people shall tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: For he is the living God, enduring forever. His kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion has no end.
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God.
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God,
and I will be your father, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.
“You are children of the Lord your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your forelocks for the dead.